This Synod is wide, shallow, and contrary to Vatican II
By Larry Chapp on Oct 27, 2023 12:56 amI am now home from Rome and want to try to summarize what I had learned while there and my overall impressions about the Synod. Let me start with an anecdote. Fifteen years ago, I [...]
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Reading the Word and feeding the soul with philosopher Peter Kreeft
By Kenneth Craycraft on Oct 26, 2023 02:38 pmOne of the more egregious errors of the Protestant revolt in the sixteenth century was displacing the Eucharist as the source and summit of the liturgy and replacing it with the proclamation of the Word [...]
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The Rupnik affair goes from scandalous to contemptible
By Christopher R. Altieri on Oct 26, 2023 01:09 amA disgraced former Jesuit accused of heinous sexual, psychological, and spiritual abuse allegedly perpetrated against well more than a dozen victims – most of them women religious – over some three decades, Fr. Marko Rupnik, [...]
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Personnel is Policy
By Amy Welborn on Oct 25, 2023 05:38 pmPersonnel is policy. We all know that. Most of the time, when we use the phrase, we’re referring to ideology. As I’ve been reflecting on this wasteful distraction of a synod, I can’t help but [...]
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Rupnik ‘presumed innocent’ until proven guilty, says diocese that welcomed him
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 25, 2023 11:55 amFather Marko Rupnik. / Credit: Screen shot/ACI Prensa Rome Newsroom, Oct 25, 2023 / 12:55 pm (CNA). Father Marko Rupnik, the former Jesuit priest and mosaic artist accused of serious abuses against women, has been accepted for priestly ministry... [...]
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The Synod on Synodality at the halfway point
By George Weigel on Oct 25, 2023 04:00 amThe Synod on Synodality meeting this month is the first of a two-part synodal assembly; the second session is scheduled to meet a year from now, in October 2024. No one is sure what will [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, October 25, 2023
By CWR Staff on Oct 25, 2023 03:00 amLimits of Councils – “[Councils] always point to an extraordinary situation in the Church and are not to be regarded as a model for her life in general or even as the ideal content of [...]
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Nip it in the “Catholic but…”
By Ronald L. Jelinek, Ph.D. on Oct 24, 2023 02:00 pmSeveral months ago, I sat down with a Catholic high school principal to inquire about his reasoning for allowing a young man who chose to come to school dressed as a woman to remain on [...]
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Vatican statistics: Africa had biggest increase in Catholics, while numbers fell in Europe
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 24, 2023 09:18 amPope Francis arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Jan. 31, 2023. The streets of the pope’s five-mile drive from the N’Dolo Airport to the presidential residence were lined with thousands of locals who cheered and waved flags. / Credit:... [...]
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The fatherhood and authority of a bishop: An interview with Bishop Joseph Strickland
By Julian Kwasniewski on Oct 23, 2023 10:39 pmBishop Joseph Edward Strickland is the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Tyler, in east Texas. He was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Dallas on June 1, 1985, then assigned to Immaculate [...]
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Addressing the lies of transgenderism with truth, charity, and the Eucharist
By Buchi Akpati on Oct 23, 2023 04:30 pmOur families are under spiritual attack. The targets? Youth and young adults. Not only is it more challenging nowadays to find positive role models to foster a healthy self-image for young people today, it is [...]
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The Synod on Synodality this week: Anticipating a ‘Letter to the People of God’
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 23, 2023 12:00 pmDelegates meet at round tables during the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 10, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 23, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA). As the Synod on Synodality in Rome launches into its final week with a changed calendar, all ey... [...]
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Abandon the idea of intrinsically evil acts at your own peril
By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Oct 22, 2023 11:42 pmThe brutal massacre of Israeli women and children by Hamas terrorists on October 7th momentarily shocked the world. What seemed to shock people even more was the almost immediate demonstrations of “solidarity” with the Hamas [...]
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The Prophetic Witness of St. John Paul II
By Carl E. Olson on Oct 22, 2023 02:00 pmEditor’s note: This essay originally appeared on CWR on April 1, 2015, and is reposted here, in slightly different form, to mark St. Pope John Paul II’s feast day, celebrated on October 22nd. ————— “We, [...]
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Loving the Word of God in a world flooded with words
By Fr. Charles Fox on Oct 21, 2023 11:19 pm“The tongue has the power of life and death.” –Proverbs 18:21 The power of words I don’t think it’s over-dramatic to say that words are like nuclear power. Nuclear power can light an entire city [...]
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No one can save No One Will Save You from itself
By Nick Olszyk on Oct 21, 2023 07:12 pmDistribution Service: Hulu MPAA Rating: PG-13 Reel Rating: 2 out of 5 reels Disclaimer: This review contains spoilers! I was very excited to see No One Will Save You. The trailer was amazing and promised [...]
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German bishop at Synod on Synodality: Church should not ignore ‘signs of the times’
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 21, 2023 11:40 amBishop Franz-Josef Overbeck of Essen, Germany at the Synod on Synodality press briefing Oct. 21, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez Vatican City, Oct 21, 2023 / 12:40 pm (CNA). A German bishop participating in the Synod on Synodality challenged the ... [...]
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Taxes, tricks, and the Roman coin
By Carl E. Olson on Oct 21, 2023 03:00 amOn the Readings for Sunday, October 22, 2017 [...]
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Our Blessed Mother’s life teaches authentic femininity and pro-life virtues
By Susan Ciancio on Oct 20, 2023 10:09 pmThe veneration of motherhood—whether spiritual or physical—is vital to the pro-life movement and to how our society thinks about mothers and motherhood. Megan Madden—a Catholic mother and writer who has completed graduate courses in marriage [...]
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Archbishop: If a Synod proposal is at odds with the Gospel, ‘that’s not of the Holy Spirit’
By Catholic News Agency on Oct 20, 2023 07:00 pmArchbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney spoke to EWTN on the occasion of the Synod on Synodality. / Credit: EWTN News Vatican City, Oct 20, 2023 / 12:00 pm (CNA). During the Synod on Synodality, we must be careful about “blaming everything on the H... [...]
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Who are the real fanatics?
By David G. Bonagura, Jr. on Oct 20, 2023 09:00 am“Parking for Giants fans only,” reads the garage door placard not far from my house. “All others will be towed.” Variations of this sign are readily available in sporting goods stores. Smaller ones can be [...]
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Synod on Synodality: LGBT issues, female diaconate discussed in emotional third week
By Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency on Oct 20, 2023 06:31 amSynod on Synodality spokesman Paolo Ruffini speaks to the media during a press briefing at the Vatican on Oct. 18, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 20, 2023 / 07:31 am (CNA). This past week the Synod on Synodality assembly de... [...]
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